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BasketNd593 a-b

Round coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) with lid (b). Watch-spring coiled bottom. Imbricated geometric design on a and b, of hexagons joined by horizontal band, in dark and red cherry bark with grass in between. Lid has raised knob and flat cedar slat construction on lower edge. One row of cherry bark beaded on bottom.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
grass, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz715 a-b

Trunk-like basket with an attached lid. Rounded, rectangle with slat construction. Coiled with bifurcated stitches on the basket body and the outer edge of the lid. Cedar with imbricated design of cherry bark and grass. Lid has imbricated design on the outer edge and a small amount of beaded stripe design on top. Design on basket body consists of continuous vertical and horizontal bands where both beading and imbrication are used. Horizontal bands are thin strips of black and white beading. Vertical bands alternate black, red, and white imbrication with black and white beading similar to the horizontal bands. Leather handle on top of the lid and leather strips attaching the lid to the basket.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark, grass and skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd599 a-b

Part (a) cylindrical coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) (a) with lid (part b). Imbrication and beading and watch spring coiling. Lid is raised at centre. Bottom rim is beaded intermittently in cherry bark. Bottom of basket is imbricated in geometric design; sides are decorated with leaf-shaped motifs, 4 pair, alternating red and white with black and white. Lid has 4 sets of imbricated triangle motifs, alternating red and black. Centre of lid has beaded and imbricated circles.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, grass, cat-tail grass ? and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz713 a-b

Rectangular trunk-like basket (a) with lid (b). Trunk flares out from slat bottom. Coiled with bifurcated stitches; beaded band design of wild cherry bark on lower edge of lid. Diamond-shaped motif imbricated in wild cherry bark and grass on top of lid. Main design on two sides and two ends consists of imbricated diamond in black and red cherry bark and grass; black and white cross imbricated inside each diamond; sides have vertical bands imbricated at each end, ends have imbricated checker design at top; continuous imbricated band along top and bottom; one coiled handle at each end.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark and grass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ButtonNb11.270

Tightly woven button with a grey circle at the centre with an alternating yellow and red border (one row). This is contained within a blue circular line. Two black thunderbirds are on each side of the central motif with five alternating yellow and orange triangles across the wingspan. Alternating red and yellow triangles are on the outer border of the button and green on the edge. Basketry continues on the reverse with a blue-grey outer border for two rows.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
dye, swamp grass and paper
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz707 a-b

Rectangular, coiled cedar root basket (a) with rounded corners, flaring out from bottom. Flat-topped lid (b) with slat foundation, slat bottom and sides. Raised slat rim. Same major design repeated on four sides, possibly a butterfly. Triple outline in red, black and white imbrication. Lid design of four horizontal rows of h-shapes, alternating black and white with red and white.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx: Lil'wat ?
Material
cedar wood, cherry bark, grass and cedar root
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear ThrowerIe374

Bamboo tube, cut open for half of its length, with a carved knob and an incised pattern at its butt end. Wood hook is carved as a reptile with distinctive teeth that are carved out as a negative space. Fibres bind the hook to the tube and the handle has a fibre collar and a loop. The whole has pigmented black but has worn away in patches on the sides and on the underside of the bamboo.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, bamboo grass, pigment and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskIe395

Mask with a concave face, protruding eyes, a looped nose, concave ears, and a dish-like oval object on the forehead. A rail runs below the face, and another bound with cassowary feathers and brown feathers are also spaced evenly along the rail. Cassowary feathers decorate the nose and sennit fibre tassels hang from the ears. The mask is made of rattan woven over a frame of wood that is thinly coated with clay. The facial features are emphasized with black and white pigment.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
sennit fibre, clay, cassowary feather, feather, bamboo grass, rattan, chalk stone ?, lime mineral ? and pigment
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Body MaskIe393

Part of a tumbuan body mask/costume. Fibre mask, conical in shape with a sennit fringe around the bottom edge and outlining the central face. The entire body is painted with a faded white, black and red zigzag-like pattern. The face has a red triangular pattern outlined in black on a white ground. The eyes are black woven circles with holes in the middle; the red nose is woven and protrudes out with a long bundle of sennit hanging down from the tip. The brow consists of black bird skin while the painted forehead is lined with cassowary feathers and toped with a piece of cuscus skin. The inside is hollow.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
rattan, bamboo grass, cuscus skin, oil, pigment, cassowary feather, skin and sennit fibre
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stringed Musical InstrumentAf500 a-b

Gourd harp-like instrument. Forked piece of branch (part b), with a straight section of equal length to that of the forks, and with a stick going across the top creating a triangular frame. One side has nine holes pierced through by burning. Five grass strings are tied into five of them and go to the opposite side and wind around the stick. Piece of cord around unpierced end. Separated from frame is half of a brown-yellow gourd (part a), of which the top centre has four pierced holes on it with cracks around them, and grass going through two holes at the base of the gourd.

Culture
West African
Material
gourd fruit, wood and grass
Made in
Liberia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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